Apply now! ProPublica is seeking FIVE new Local Reporting Network partners to begin on July 1. You spend a year on an investigative story. We cover your salary (up to $75k/yr) plus benefits + editing, data, research, engagement, visuals, etc. boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/job… #journojobs

Move to Protect California’s Indoor Workers From Heat Upended by Cost Questions - KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article/c…

EXCLUSIVE: Georgia’s GOP Gov. Brian Kemp has pushed a conservative alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. Critics say the money’s being wasted on the costly and ineffective alternative. Story via: Georgia Health News Renuka Rayasam ajc.com/news/health-ne…

.Bob Herman combed the UnitedHealth documents so you don't have to: In financial filings, UHG listed dozens of facilities it quietly acquired in 2023

Its main targets? Surgery centers...in areas where UHC is the main Medicare Advantage insurer 👀
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About one in five Americans have a mental illness, and yet, for many, accessing care can be extremely difficult.

ProPublica needs your help. We're investigating mental health care access and we want to hear from providers, insurance insiders + patients: propublica.org/getinvolved/te…

This is an amazing opportunity to learn from some of the nation's best investigative reporters, including my colleagues at ProPublica.

Don't delay. You still have today and tomorrow to get in your application.

“Can you appoint me a lawyer? Because I can’t afford one,” the 22yo single mom with no stable job asked the judge.

He didn't.

Later, he defended his decision, made without asking a single question: “She just didn’t strike me as an indigent person.”
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system has paused in vitro fertilization procedures following an Alabama Supreme Court decision due to fear of criminal prosecution and lawsuits, a spokeswoman said.

Read much more here: al.com/news/2024/02/u…

''They forced me, basically, to have a child,' she said of the state after the abortion ban. But then, 'they didn’t help me take care of that child.''

This is an enraging story, and an astonishing feat of reporting and photojournalism.

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Twice in our history, the US has nearly eliminated syphilis, then lost interest, and of course cases went up. We're back in the panic stage again. Will we keep our focus this time?

Read my 2021 stories: propublica.org/article/one-ma…

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We are hiring an immigration reporter. Come join us! DM me with questions :-) I want an amazing new colleague 😍

Come learn about the ProPublica investigative editor training during this webinar today, Feb 5, in about an hour! If you can't make it, the replay will be on our Youtube page.

As you probably read elsewhere, I'm no longer with The Messenger. But I am back on Substack, and I have longer thoughts on all of my wonderful sports colleagues and what is next here: neilpaine.substack.com/p/back-on-the-…

Over the past two years, I've heard that as tragic as stillbirths are, there's not much we can do to prevent them.

That's simply not true.

I visited Australia, which has become a global leader in stillbirth prevention. What I saw surprised me.

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In 2016, @reportertopher and I were struggling to quantify how many people are falsely charged with drug possession in the U.S. based on chemical field tests.
There was no national data. We wrote only that the tests 'could produce thousands of wrongful convictions.'

What a shitshow mental health for military vets who desperately needed it … meticulous reporting, as always, by Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi

1/NEW: The federal judiciary governs itself. Judges make sure other judges disclose their finances & don’t violate ethics. Chief Justice Roberts touts how well the system works.

But time and again, it's protected, not policed, federal judges. Here's how: propublica.org/article/judici…

Last month, I wrote about the lung float test, which critics have likened to witch trials. Despite many experts calling it unreliable, the test has helped convict women of murder.
Now a group will study the test and whether it should be allowed in court.
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Fascinating — and unsettling — story of a kitten in Omaha infected with a #rabies strain that shouldn't have been found in Omaha, and the massive response the discovery set off. LenaSun. washingtonpost.com/health/2023/11…